I have recently joined The japanese Page and i would like to say hajimemashite watashi wa Deina (Dayna) desu, yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

I have only been learning Japanese for a few months and have memorised both the hiragana and katakana, and I have started the core 2000 on Smart.fm, so I am feeling quite confident with how I am progressing. I have also been trying to figure out the particles, and that's a bit of a pain but, I've found some posts on here that help.

I was wondering if anyone has any advise on how I could advance from this point? I have a few text books, but they're just quick phrase book types.

Some good places to start for particles are to read over the Getting Started guide for the basics. That will cover a basic explanation of the language, how to be able to read and write it on your computer, some useful programs etc to help you in your studies and so forth.

I take no offence what so ever! I have seen it written as mushi mushi in some places and moshi moshi in others! because I have really used one solid place to study from I have been getting different explanations for different things!

You say it means hot and humid? Does moshi moshi mean Hi then? that's what I was aiming for.....like "salute"!

I've got Heisig's books and I have been studying with Smart.fm, and this website has been helping a great deal with those sections on the particles (thanks)........Dreams On!

daynieg wrote:...... You say it means hot and humid? Does moshi moshi mean Hi then? that's what I was aiming for.....like "salute"! ......

"moshi moshi" (もしもし) means "hello" and is usually used when answering the telephone or it can mean "excuse me" if calling out to someone.

If you mean "salute" as in "cheers" that would be "kanpai" (乾杯, かんぱい) but I don't know if that is used as a greeting in Japan. It isn't usually used as a greeting here, more as a thnakyou or a sign off.

.... Ōishi <Kuranosuke Yoshio> and the ronin attacked Kira Yoshinaka's mansion in Edo. According to a carefully laid-out plan, they split up into two groups and attacked, armed with swords and bows. One group, led by Ōishi, was to attack the front gate; the other, led by his son, Ōishi Chikara, was to attack the house via the back gate. ......